“Honestly, the government has not been just on this issue because I don’t get money to feed my children until I go and wash for people.”
• My children are fatherless, insurgents must be prosecuted, says Borno woman• I’ll recruit local hunters to secure Baga if soldiers can’t, Zulum says after attackWidows and other victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State have berated the Federal Government for taking care of the insurgents at the expense of the internally displaced persons.
A few weeks ago, the Federal Government said 603 repentant Boko Haram insurgents, who had completed the de-radicalisation programme would be reintegrated into communities.But the victims opposed the government’s plan. Hussani, in an interview with one of our correspondents on Thursday, said, “I do not know if she is still alive. She should be 13 years by now.
“I do not support the amnesty plan and allowing them to walk free in society. They have made me to lose a lot.I do not have husband anymore. My children are without a father and I have turned to a beggar living in a camp since 2014. I feel I deserve justice and justice I demand. They should be prosecuted and not be freed.”
Yerima said Abdurahman Bulama, a resident of Shehuri, where the insurgent was to be reintegrated, was killed few days ago.He stated, “Our concern is not whether they are reformed and have regretted their evil past or not . Our concern is that huge resources are being spent on them, while innocent citizens, whose means of livelihood, including animals, farmlands, and cottage industries were totally destroyed, are being abandoned.
“Where do we situate the memory of our slain dear ones or the yet to be resettled traumatised victims of the 11 painful years of Boko Haram terrorism in terms of thousands of lives lost, widows, orphans and shattered extended proud families?”Meanwhile, the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has absolved the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, of blame over continued attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents in the state.
“We have over 80,000 IDPs in Mongun. They cannot continue to depend on NGOs and others for food. We have created an opportunity for them to go back to their communities and continue with their business and farming activities. It stated, “Regrettably, this is an isolated and most unfortunate incident that occurred in a territory where normalcy has since been restored with socio-economic activities picking up.”In a related development, the Special Adviser on Media to the governor, Isa Gusau said that the governor almost lost his life based on the information provided by soldiers that they had liberated Baga.
Khalid-Aliyu also suggested a “true healing” programme for the victims of the insurgents at the various IDPs.
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